Yesterday I was fortunate enough to go to two parties in a row. I went to my friend Jorin's photography opening at Awaken Cafe in Oakland. I don't know if any of you have ever experienced 1st Friday, it rocks! Every Monday in Oakland a bunch of art galleries stay open late and have a free showcase of the exhibits that are showing. They have free food and drink, bands and community. I had an awesome time as it started to cool down yesterday, meeting some of Jorin and Robyn's friends, looking at art and listening to music. I ate dinner before hand, didn't drink anything because I had to drive to SF, and only had two pieces of toast with tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. I would say that I was very successful at this party.
As the sun went down, I left lovely oakland and headed to the Whole Foods for some veggies and hummus to bring to Jeff's birthday party in the city. My snack was very successful. I had a great time at the party, but I proceeded to have some sangria, which to my credit had a lot of fruit in it. And then I ate a few more nachos than I should have. Overall, I think I made a lot of good choices, like fruits and veggies and stopping after two glasses of sangria, and having a few bites of the birthday cake. I am pretty happy today thinking about it, except for the nachos, because I was conscious of what I was doing. I'm sure I wasn't hungry or thirsty when I was consuming all those empty calories in the past. I would have just deducted all of my 35 extra points and been done with it.
Did I mention that I've become addicted to the online points tracker this week, I mean I've been using the online points tracker this week. uh...It's pretty cool. I think I may have tried the tracker a few WW attempts ago and I didn't really like it then. It was probably because I didn't have internet access whenever I ate. I couldn't find my journal, so I decided to try it this week. It is really easy, I just search for whatever food I ate and then input it into the tracker. All I have to do is measure how much I am eating and type it in. It is much easier than calculating everything.
Today, I put in what I had eaten yesterday and in addition to the reduction of my 35 extra points it added up how many points I had consumed yesterday. I didn't realize how effective it would be for me to see such a huge number as my daily points used. In a few hours I had eaten/drunk the same amount of points that I can normally eat breakfast, lunch and a snack with. It was crazy! I think it helped me to realize how foolish it is to use all my extra points that way.
Oh yeah, Fitness. Exercise is going really well this week. I've walked almost every day in a row. In the past I can see how I would have used this ankle injury as an excuse not to do anything. Now, I actually want to walk. Speaking of which, I think I'm gonna make some dinner and go for a nice long walk around the lake.
Wish me luck for the BBQ I am going to tomorrow. (I'm gonna bring spinach dip, bread, veggies, and fruit salad.)
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